Thursday, April 26, 2012

"Think what it would be like to go about your day with your mind filled
only with happy and loving thoughts. Everyone you meet has a smile and a
glow of happiness about him or her. There is no sickness, no hunger, no
conflict or lack, no time and no death. Peace has replaced fear
everywhere. This is our world when forgiveness has come and we are free
to love again." - The Miracle of Real Forgiveness by Tom Carpenter

Sunday, April 22, 2012

Tithing is a spiritual law dating back thousands
of years. It is simply the action of giving back to the source of your
spiritual sustenance. Usually this means your church, temple, mosque, or
synagogue. The word tithe comes from Latin and means tenth. That’s why traditionally
tithes are for ten percent.

Tithing is different from randomly sowing seeds
or giving to charity. It is the way you acknowledge the source of your
abundance and continue it in circulation.

I started tithing about 20 years ago when I
began studying the laws of prosperity and I’ve been tithing ten percent of
every dollar I’ve made since. Honestly, I began doing it out of fear. Now I
tithe joyfully, lovingly, and gratefully.

You never know how your tithe will come back to
you. Money is a pretty common way. But it could also come in the form of
reconciliation with someone you’re estranged from, a gift, a new relationship,
a healing, or a promotion. There are many ways your good can come back to you.

Here’s what I also believe. The universe will
always get its tithe. You can do it voluntarily, or by force. But you always
pay.

All those years I never tithed, I was always
having my car break down, losing paychecks, having medical bills, and every
other conceivable thing that kept me broke.

Remember, prosperity is about circulation. You
have to keep your substance circulating, or it gets stagnant. When you tithe by
choice, you invoke many of the other laws, including the law of giving and
receiving, creating ripples of giving and abundance that eventually find their
way back to you.

So what about you? Do you tithe or not – and how
has that worked out for you?

Excellent Randy. Intention needs to be worked in
here too. If you give your 10% thinking "I expect to get a good ROI!"
like you're a demanding shareholder in God Inc., I suggest that is something
different. That's an "investment." As with all investments sometimes
they pay off and sometimes they don't. Do your due diligence.

If we tithe because that is a natural part of
being in the energy of the Universe and we do it "joyfully, lovingly, and
gratefully" confident it will be exactly what another part of the Universe
needs then it seems to me we're in the spirit you're talking about. When you
participate All That Is knows you're there and that's all you need to know.

I can't tell you how many times I've heard preachers push people
to tithe because God would give them back a "hundred-fold." Something
missing there, don't you think?